HI You can get some pretty crazy propagation at 100 KHz. I suspect they will have to keep the basic modulation close enough to a proper Loran signal or it will create major headaches internationally.
I have not dug out the ppt. Do they list station locations yet? Bob On Nov 16, 2013, at 6:27 PM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > Well indeed interesting updates to the ppt. Most of it is the same as the > earlier decks I have seen so far. Though what I did find interesting is > they now mention navigation and not just PNT. I will guess with the 4 site > senario they are back in the navigation business. There is also a small > note on one slide the coast guard has no interest in supporting this. I > think thats with respect to maintaining the sites. Someones going to have > to pay to stabilize those massive lightning arresters. > > As to the monopoly thats been a thread that's run its course about wwvbs > new phase modulation. > > I will say this as I have listened to the actual signal it is there but not > as loud as I seem to recall. Also I imagine I am hearing almost a > continuous GRI as if the whole period is used. No real gaps. Would need to > actually look at the signal with a scope. Signal levels are good so I can't > complain and the rcvrs are happy. > This has been the longest I have had lfphoenix in a number of years. > Sure hope that it will stick around in a usable fashion. If it does I > really need to explore a better antenna. I am using the classic boat > antenna and preamp. I will believe a loop antenna that has a low Q might be > quite useful. Comments appreciated. > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Dennis Ferguson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 15 Nov, 2013, at 19:12 , Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> We probably could agree on Seneca NY since that’s about equal distance >> to the pair of us. >>> >>> Does anybody know the proposed ERP on the new system? Some of the >> master’s on the China chains are pretty high power if I remember correctly. >> >> This powerpoint presentation >> >> http://www.tinyurl.com/l2humtb >> >> says the NL40 transmitter they just bought is 300 kW. >> >> I thought a lot of the Asian chains, including China, used >> Megapulse equipment like the US. I think Megapulse did use >> to say their transmitters were multi-Megawatt, but I can't >> check that since >> >> http://www.megapulse.com >> >> now goes someplace else. >> >> I wonder whether the last bit means that Megapulse is now out >> of the transmitter business for good, or if Ursanav's infatuation >> for the Nautel transmitters is just a passing fancy while they >> complete their vertically integrated monopoly. >> >> Dennis Ferguson >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
